Chapter 1: King Arthurís People

King Arthur
lived approximately AD
475 - 542, and was the High King of the Britons, who were by that time a mix of
the Celtic, British, and Roman people of the British Isles. He had several
castles, one of the chief ones being called, in the French language, Camelot.
Practically every region of the British Isles claims him today. It seems every
researcher declares his castles, and especially the chief residence, to be in
different areas. Iíll happily leave that argument to them, and touch on some
other areas that they donít discuss much. Was Arthur a real person? Was he a
real king? Yes, and yes. Who were his people and where did they come from?
Letís take a small step back in time and see exactly who he was.

Arthurís Pedigree

Arthur was a
descendant of the famous Celtic King Caradoc, called Caractacus by the Romans.
He descended from the Israelite, Joseph of Arimathea; the British, Old King
Coel; and the Roman, Constantine the Great. So how did the Celts come to
intermarry with the Israelites, British, and Romans?

According to
the ancient British histories, the Britons came to the Isles about 1130 BC, with
the arrival of a man named Brut, Brute, or Brwt. Almost nothing is known about
this important event. It is so vaguely mentioned, that many historians discount
it entirely. However, it is in line with the royal genealogies.

An Israelite
mining colony was established in 1000 BC,
or before, in the area of present-day Cornwall, in southwestern England. King
Solomon is mentioned as being linked with this tin mine. Solomon also owned a
lead mine, and although its location is unknown, there was an important lead
mine near the tin mine.

Before Arthurís
people were called Celts, they called themselves Cymry or Cimmerians.
Archaeologists say they have found evidence of them as far back as 600 BC in the
British Isles, and further back in Europe. Does this indicate they were in
central Europe first and migrated west? Quite likely. The Celts or Gaels were
in Spain, Britain, France, Scandinavia, the Alps, and some say in Russia and
even in northern India, as far back as the seventh century BC.

Historians say
the Celts were once spread out across the entire continent of Europe, but were
gradually driven west by the Germanic peoples, who were also Celtic tribes.
Eventually, Arthurís tribe, the Belgae, lived only in the British Isles and in
northwestern France.

In the eighth century BC
the city of Rome was established, and by the fifth century BC the
Romans began to explore and then to invade, not only the entire Mediterranean
area, but also Europe and eventually Britain as well. The Romans sought, not to
push other people out, but to rule them, and therefore to tax them. In the
fourth century BC,
Celts moved into northern Italy, sacked Rome, and established Galatia in
present-day Turkey.

The Romans
invaded Britain in 55 BC,
but were unable to sustain an occupation. They returned in force in AD 43.
The army left permanently in AD
410, when Rome was again threatened by invaders - Celts, in fact. However, many
Romans had married Britons during these centuries, and many of them and their
descendants chose to stay in Britain. By the time Arthur was born about AD 475,
the Germanic peoples, called Anglo-Saxons, already had a foothold in
southeastern Britain. Within a hundred years, Arthurís tribe was relegated to
the western part of the islands. Nowadays, the Welsh are believed to be the
surviving descendants of Arthurís Celts.

Israelites in Britain

These three
groups - Britons, miners, and Celts - were all closely related peoples, although
the merging was not necessarily peaceful. By 500 BC, these
appear to be of one culture, which showed characteristics of all three groups.
Descendants of Brut were still ruling; the mines were still making the
descendants of Solomon rich in Israel; and the Druidic priesthood oversaw all
the Celts from Ireland to India. Joseph of Arimathea and his small group were
welcomed into the area from Jerusalem in
AD 36. By the time of King Arthur,
hundreds of years later, these people were beginning to self-destruct. It was
the loss of their own religion that did more to destroy them than did both the
Roman and Saxon invaders. But those stories will come a little bit later.

The British
founder, Brut, was a refugee prince from the city of Troy about the time of its
destruction. This would have been about 1183 BC.
Romulus and Remus were credited with the founding of Rome, and were also claimed
to be descendants of survivors of Troy. So where did the city of Troy come
from? Dardanus, a grandson of Judah, is named in the royal genealogies as the
founder of Troy. Does this mean that both the Romans and the Britons are Jews?
ďNot so fast!Ē say modern historians, ďThereís not enough evidence yet!Ē Both
Ďhistoriesí are thought likely to have been invented (by different cultures and
at different times) merely to give Roman and Celtic peoples the supposed right
to rule. Fascinating! Did the ancients believe that claiming to be Jews, or
descendants of Judah, would give them more authority?

Just what
authority did Judah have? We need to take a giant step back in time and
understand exactly who Judah was. Letís start at the beginning.